A Little Beading on the Side

After my first failed attempt with this yarn, I went through several of my stitch pattern books and several pattern books looking for just the right combination with this yarn. After much consideration, I finally settled upon the Rose Lace pattern (also known as the Rose Trellis Lace pattern) that can be found in both a Barbara Walker Treasury (sorry, I forget which one) and the book Heirloom Knitting by Sharon Miller.  I used Jacquie’s free charting software to make my own chart of this pattern and then got to work.  I have two repeats done with a lovely bead at the center of each pattern.  They’re hard to see right now, but once it is blocked, the beads should pop.

I really like how this pattern is knitting up and the way that the yarn is sort of striping, but not really striping.

I had a lot of waiting to do yesterday, so I took along a ball of cotton and some size 7 needles and whipped out this quick dish cloth.  It’s the same checkerboard pattern as last time, except I made it one repeat longer (cast on four more stitches).  I really like these checkerboard variegated face cloths. Oh, yes, and it is posed with the clematis so that you can see how green and leafy it is getting.  There are more blossoms too!!